Maximizing Content Value with Subtitles, Dubbing, and Localization
19 Mar 2025
AI-driven dubbing has recently gained attention as major platforms like Amazon Prime Video and YouTube roll out new tools designed to expand their content's global reach. Amazon is testing AI-assisted dubbing on licensed content, while YouTube has introduced auto-dubbing for thousands of channels. Both efforts reflect a growing belief that dubbing can help platforms engage new audiences—but the results so far have been mixed.
The State of Streaming Sustainability 2025
28 Mar 2025
In this article, I'm going to look at a few of the underlying issues facing the industry when it comes to sustainability, starting with one of the biggest power consumption challenges of our generation: the explosion in data center growth.
All the News That’s Fit for FAST
14 May 2024
News broadcasting is one of the most exciting and quickly growing areas for FAST development, highlighted by the recent announcement of the BBC/AMC 24-hour live FAST news channel. Other legacy media news broadcasters, such as Scripps, Sinclair, Hearst, and USA Today, have also entered the FAST news space, many of them with a focus on local content. What are some of the current trends and challenges for FAST news delivery? In this article, several leading industry commentators provide insight.
Practical Approaches to Sustainable Streaming
09 Jun 2023
In this article I'll expand on prior sustainability approaches, detail reasons to consider additional areas of power-consumption optimization, and invite diverse stakeholders across streaming workflows to engage with Streaming Media magazine, GoS, and like-minded stakeholders in a mid- to late-2023 initiative around the LESS Accord, with an overall goal of readers recommending measurable best practices for consideration by September 2023.
ttconv Simplifies Subtitling and Captioning
26 Apr 2021
Thanks to ttconv, a new format converter, adding timed text to video is becoming simpler and more efficient, and Facebook is already embracing it
How to License Music for Streaming
29 Mar 2021
Want to stream music online? Be prepared to deal with a labyrinth of licensing regulations. Here's an overview of music licensing for streaming, and scenarios to help you figure out what you need to do.
How to Build Live Linear OTT Channels in the Cloud
27 Dec 2019
Rather than building a schedule and expensively re-encoding assets in real time for broadcast, this article explains how how to decouple the monolith of playout software into discrete components on top of AWS services. The approach discussed will open new possibilities of channel customization, personalization, and end-user quality, while also dramatically reducing running costs.
SMW '19: BuyDRM CEO Christopher Levy Talks Lifecycle DRM
03 Dec 2019
Streaming Media contributing editor Tim Siglin interviews BuyDRM CEO & Founder Christopher Levy at Streaming Media West 2019.
Now Streaming: Video for the Government and Public Sectors
14 Aug 2019
The online video revolution isn't just changing how we watch our favorite shows. Learn how video is informing and entertaining government and public sector employees.
Akamai Explains the Security Risks With Streaming Video Services
31 Jul 2019
Data breaches aren't just a concern for financial platforms. Hackers also target OTT platforms. Here are three best practices for keeping subscriber data safe.
Huawei Chairman Has a Message for Trump: There Are No Back Doors
26 Feb 2019
Despite the White House's accusations, Huawei tells an MWC audience it doesn't plant back doors—but that's not true for its U.S. competition.
Pixelon: The True Story of Streaming Video's Greatest Fraud
08 Jan 2019
A series by National Geographic uncovers the absolutely true, incredibly bizarre story of Pixelon, the streaming video company that couldn't stream video.
A Video Codec Licensing Update
13 Jan 2019
The fragmented, frustrating future of HEVC licensing dominated discussion at the Media Coding Industry Forum's recent meeting, which attempted to influence licensing for the upcoming Versatile Video Codec.
CES 2019: How Will Blockchain Reinvent Media?
09 Jan 2019
Whether ensuring creators get paid, content stays locked down, or personal data is treated like intellectual property, blockchain offers solutions to some of digital media's biggest challenges, according to a CES panel.
SME 2018: Blockchain 101 for Media and Entertainment
11 May 2018
Blockchain's distributed ledger offers new opportunities for combatting privacy, securing financial transactions, and finding new approaches to monetization and royalty payment. This presentation from Streaming Media East offered a high-level view of the possibilities for the video industry.
New Streaming Media Blog Coming in 2018
13 Dec 2017
New blog will be the go-to destination for opinion, analysis, and insights into the entire online video ecosystem, from glass to glass.
Video: Apps Are the New Middleware, and OTT is the New Broadcast
25 May 2017
Frost & Sullivan's Avni Rambhia and Streaming Media's Tim Siglin discuss DRM, apps, user experience, emerging codecs, licensing, HDR, and more in this in-depth interview from Streaming Media East 2017.
Life After Flash: Will Producers Move to HLS, DASH, or Both?
13 Jan 2016
While it's clear that Flash's time is coming to an end, it's less clear what will replace it. A survey shows DASH support, but its real-world use is around one percent.
Is the Alliance for Open Media Taking a Risk in Codec Creation?
16 Sep 2015
In this Q&A with two video IP and technology investment banking professionals, we ask about patent risk, VP 8/9, and the possibility of a third HEVC patent group forming.
HEVC Advance Announces Royalty Rates, Wants 0.5% of Gross Revenue
22 Jul 2015
Licensing costs for Netflix and Facebook would total over $100 million per year, and terms are retroactive. Group calls terms "fair and reasonable."